FIREBEAM
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date16 March 1945
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 243 1/3' x breadth 39 5/12' x depth 18 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1554 ton
Gross Tonnage: 1554 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002483
Keywords
Yard Number: 785
Official Number: 180563
Fate: unknown, last mention in Lloyd's Register 1961-62.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, bridge deck 16', quarterdeck 149', forecastle 24', machinery aft.
Owners:
1945: Gas Light and Coke Co., Manager Stephenson Clarke Ltd.
1949: North Thames Gas Board.
Notes: Self trimming collier for navigating Thames bridges.
(See drawing of the SS FIREBEAM on p. 19 of the Burntisland and Hall Russell Shipyard Journal, Victory Number 20 (1) Jan. 1946)
Triple expansion engine by D. Rowan & Co., Glasgow, with 16½", 27½" and 46" cylinders, 33" stroke, 184 MN.
1817
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